Valuable acid wool azodyestuffs



Patented Feb. 9, 1932 UNITED: STATES.

PATENT onion HEINRICH OLING-ESTEIN, OF GOLOGNE-ON-THE-RHINE, AND PAULZERVAS, OF COLOGNE- MU'LHEIM, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS '1O GENERAL ANILINEWORKS, IN 0., 01 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE VALUAZBLEACID WOOL AZODYESTUFFS No Drawing. Application filed July 8, 1930,Serial- No. 466,572, and in Germany July 20, 1929.

The presentinventlion relates to new valuable acid wool azodyestufis,more particularly it relates to azodyestufis which may be represented bythe probable general formula:

wherein"R? stands for an aromaticnucleus, such as a benzene ornaphthalene nucleus, Hal stands for a halogen atom having an atomicweight between 35 and 80, n stands for one of the numbers 1-4, and wstands for one of the numbers 1 and 2, the hydroxy group standing inortho-position to the azo group, and wherein the nuclei may be furthersubstituted, for example by halogen, the alkyl-, alkoxyand nitro-groups.

Our new dyestuffs may be prepared by diazotizing in the usual manner anyaromatic amine and coupling in alkaline solution with anw-halogen-acylamino-naphthol-sulfonic acid. The coupling is sooncomplete; the

dyestuffs are salted out, filtered and dried.

They are in form of their alkali metal "salts orange to red powders,soluble in water, dyeing wool from an acid bath orange tored shades ofgood fastness to fulling, combined with a satisfactory evenness.

The a) halogen acylamino naphthol sulfonic acids used as couplingcomponents in our invention are obtainable by causing to react upon eachother in aqueous solution in the presence of an acid-binding agent thecorresponding amino-naphthol-sulfonic acid and the correspondingw-halogen-acyl-chlorides at low temperature, favorably at temperaturesnot higher than 15 0., until the solution does no more react withnitrous acid.

The invention is illustrated by the following examples, without beinglimited thereto, the parts being by weight:

' QS OAE H3 Ewample 1.A solution of diazobenzene from 9.3 parts ofaniline is added to a sodium carbonate solution of 40 parts ofw-Cl'llOlO- acetyl 1 amino- 8 -naphthol 4.6 disulfonic acid. Theisolated dyestuif, having in its I free state the following formula:

OH Nn-oo onro I A N=N HOaS- carbonate solution of 40 parts of w-ChlOIO-acetyl 1 amino 8 -naphthol- 3.6 disulfonic acid. The isolated dyestufl,having in its free state the following formula:

SOaH

dyes wool red shades of good fastness to fulling Example 3.A diazosolution from 12.1 parts of m-aminobenzaldehyde is added to a sodiumcarbonate solution of 40 parts of o)- chloroacetyl-l amino 8 naphthol4.6 disulfonic acid. The isolated dyestufi, having in its free form thefollowing formula:

dyes wool red shades.

Example 4.--A diazo solution from 19.2

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parts of t-ethybacetylamino-2-aminotoluene is coupled with a sodiumcarbonate solution of 40 parts of w-chloro-acetyl-l-amino-8-naphthol-4L6-disulfonic acid. The isolated dyestuff, having in its freestate the following formula:

dyes wool a red, fast to fulling.

E mample 5.A diazo solution from 10.7 parts of o-toluidin-e is added toa sodium carbonate solution of 32 parts of o-chloroacetyl-Q-amino-5-naphthol-7-sulfonic acid. The isolated dyestuif, having in itsfree state the following formula:

dyes wool an orange.

Ewample 6.A diazo solution from 9.3

parts of aniline is added to a sodium carbonate solution of 32 parts .ofw-chloroacetyl-2- amino-S-naphthol-6-siilfonic acid. The isolateddyestuff, having in its free state the following formula:

on p

I '1 I=N Nn-oo-om-oi N=N 0 son; 03H

dyes wool a bluish red, fast to fulling.

By using a,-bromoacetyl-,-bromobutyrylor-bromopropionyl-aminonaphtholsulfonic acids, dyestuffs of similarsatisfactory propi erties are obtainable.

Ema mph 8.A solution of diazobenzene from 9.3 parts of aniline iscoupled with a sodium carbonate solution of 4.0 parts ofwchloroacetyl-1-amino-8-naphthol 3.6 disulfonic acid. The dyestuffformed is filtered by suction and dyes wool a red fast to fulling. Inits free state it has the following formula:

We claim: 1. As new compounds azodyestufi's of the probable generalformula:

sisting of halogen, alkyl, alkoXy and the nitro group, being in the formof their alkali metal salts orange to red powders, soluble in Water,dyeing wool from an acid bath orange to red shades of good fastness tofulling, combined with a satisfactory evenness.

2. As new compounds azodyestuflfs of the probable general formula:

wherein Hal stands for a halogene atom having an atomic weight betweenand 80, it stands for one of the numbers 1-4, m stands for one of thenumbers 1 and 2, the hydroxy group standing in ortho-position to the azogroupand wherein the nuclei may be further substituted by substituentsselected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and thenitro group, being in the form of theiralkali metal salts orange to redpowders, soluble in water, dyeing wool from an acid bath orange to redshades of good fastness to fulling, combined with a satisfactoryevenness.

3. As new compounds azodyestufls of the probable general formula:

wherein m stands for one of the numbers said compound dyeing wool a redfast to 1 and 2, the hydroxy group standing in ortho-position to the azogroup and wherein the nuclei may be further substituted by substituentsselected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and thenitro group, being in the form of their alkalimetal salts orange to redpowders, soluble in water, dyeing wool from an acid bath orange to redshades of good fastness to fulling, combined with a satisfactoryevenness.

4:. As new compounds azodyestuffs of the probable general formula:

wherein 0: stands for one of the numbers 1 and 2, and wherein the nucleimay be further substituted by substituents selected from the groupconsisting of halogen, alkyl, alkoxy and the nitro group being in theform of their alkali metal salts orange to red powders, soluble inwater, dyeing wool from an acid bath orange to red shades of goodfastness to fulling, combined with a satisfactory evenness.

5. As a new compound the azodyestuif of the probable formula:

) OaS being in the form of its alkali metal salts a red powder, solublein water, dyeing wool from an acid bath clear red shades of goodfastness to fulling, combined with a satisfactory evenness.

6. As a new compound the azo dyestuff of the probable formula:

said compound dyeing wool ayellowish-red. 7. As a new compound the azodyestuif of the probable formula:

HOaS- SOsH fulling.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signature.

